On a small plateau on the top of a mountain the princess of wales (left) reaches up to kiss the prince of wales (right), who has the body, horns, and beard of a fat goat. He kneels on one knee, his forelegs round her waist; her arms are round his neck. A star and ribbon are indicated on his body. She wears her coronet with three tall feathers, and her draperies swirl about her. In the middle distance are two rocky pinnacles; on one (left) three men dance hand in hand: loughborough in back view wearing his chancellor's wig and gown, the duke of york wearing a cocked hat and his star, and lord cholmondeley [see comment]. From the other, lady jersey (with the arms and legs of a goat) staggers backwards, she has horns, and three feathers fall from her head. Lord jersey, with the body of a goat and long horns, is about to fall. They are being hurled from the rock by thunderbolts inscribed with the words 'what? - what? - what?' (the king's well-known phrase) which issue from heavy clouds, showing that it is the king who has overthrown them. Behind them is the sea with a small island flying a flag inscribed 'jersey'. 30 june 1796
hand-coloured etching. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Height: 254 mm; Width: 357 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Caroline of Brunswick. Collection: British Museum. Enchantments lately seen upon the Mountains of Wales,-or-Shon-ap-Morgan's Reconcilement to the Fairy Princess. (BM 1868,0808.6546)
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